Elephant Born At San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Associated Press

The San Diego Zoo got a big gift for Valentine's Day - a baby elephant.

The zoo's Wild Animal Park says the African elephant calf was born around 2 a.m. Sunday. Officials say visitors camping at the zoo were awakened by elephants trumpeting - a common behavior when a calf is born.

The calf hasn't been named and its details weren't immediately released but newborns typically stand about 3 feet tall and weight 250 to 300 pounds.

It's the park's sixth calf born into a herd that was imported from Swaziland in 2003. The herd has now grown to more than a dozen.